The Dragons came out the blocks impressively after five-eighth Trent Barrett scored the first try of the night after getting past three Souths players on his way to the line. A second Barrett inspired try gave the Dragons a 12-0 lead at halftime after he put in a chip kick for fullback Ben Hornby who planted it over the line.

Whatever Souths' coach Shaun McRae said at halftime must of worked, as it was a different South Sydney who came onto the field for the second half. They outscored the Dragons by three tries to none.

Paul Mellor got the first try for Souths off a nice grubber kick out wide by Ben Walker and then once again there was another try out wide, this time to Shannon Hegarty to bring Souths within four.

The match winning try came with about twenty minutes remaining to David Faalogo which gave Souths a 14-12 lead.